Lower-carbon, circular, bio-based, and high-performance materials for durable homes.
The University of Maine produced BioHome3D using wood-fiber and bio-resin feedstock. A year-one durability report offers an early look at how the structure held up through a Maine winter—and what remains unresolved about its recyclability claims.
Future Home Lab Research Desk · 8 min read
Mass timber can substitute for more emissions-intensive structural materials and store biogenic carbon during a building's service life. But the climate result varies significantly with forest management, manufacturing yield, transport, service life, and end-of-life treatment.
Future Home Lab Research Desk · 10 min read
University of Cambridge researchers reported a process using recovered cement paste as a flux in electric-arc steelmaking, producing material that can be converted into new Portland cement clinker. The peer-reviewed process connects two high-emitting material systems—but residential relevance depends on several unresolved conditions.
Future Home Lab Research Desk · 8 min read